EP1573015B1 - Cassette d'expression codant pour la 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (epsps) et plantes tolerantes aux herbicides en contenant - Google Patents

Cassette d'expression codant pour la 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (epsps) et plantes tolerantes aux herbicides en contenant Download PDF

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EP1573015B1
EP1573015B1 EP03795982A EP03795982A EP1573015B1 EP 1573015 B1 EP1573015 B1 EP 1573015B1 EP 03795982 A EP03795982 A EP 03795982A EP 03795982 A EP03795982 A EP 03795982A EP 1573015 B1 EP1573015 B1 EP 1573015B1
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  • the present invention relates to a novel expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) and to its use for obtaining plants resistant to herbicides which inhibit this, in particular herbicides of the phosphonic acid family, in particular of the N-phophonomethylglycine family.
  • EPSPS 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase
  • EPSPS is a plastid enzyme involved in the shikimate biosynthetic pathway, leading to the synthesis of aromatic amino acids.
  • EPSPS is known to be the target enzyme for herbicides of the family of phosphonic acids of the phophonomethylglycine type.
  • 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS)-inhibiting herbicides are well known as being highly effective foliar herbicides.
  • the most well known herbicide of this herbicide class is glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine].
  • Sulfonate or fosametine are also known.
  • Glyphosate is characterized by a lack of selectivity for crop species and is, consequently, generally used under conditions in which there is no need for selectivity, for example as a total herbicide.
  • plants tolerant to this herbicide have been developed by transformation of said plants with a gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant EPSPS enzyme.
  • Genes encoding glyphosate-tolerant EPSPS enzymes are in particular described in patent application EP 0837944 .
  • glyphosate-tolerant maize and soybean are sold respectively under the trade marks Roundup-Ready CornTM and Roundup-Ready SoybeanTM. In this way, glyphosate can be applied to crops without affecting the crop plants which have been made tolerant thereto.
  • the success of this strategy is essentially based on the quality and the quantity of expression of the enzyme in the tissues of the plant intended to be made tolerant.
  • These parameters of quality and quantity of expression are controlled by the regulatory elements introduced into the expression cassette with the nucleic acid sequence encoding said EPSPS enzyme.
  • the regulatory elements essential to an expression cassette are the promoter regulatory sequence and the terminator regulatory sequence.
  • the expression cassettes can also contain a signal peptide or a transit peptide, and also a transcription activator element or enhancer.
  • the regulatory element which contributes most to the quality and the quantity of expression of a protein encoded by a nucleic acid sequence in an expression cassette is the promoter.
  • Identification of the promoter suitable for expression of a given protein also depends largely on the nature of said protein, and in particular on the desired quantity and quality of expression of said protein.
  • Associated with a given promotor is a quantity of expression of the product encoded by the nucleic acid sequence which it controls, and also a quality, in particular spatiotemporal quality, of this expression.
  • some promoters are constitutive and others inducible.
  • An important characteristic for a promoter used in an expression cassette intended for the expression of an EPSPS enzyme in a plant is that it should allow a quantitative expression sufficient to confer tolerance to glyphosate on all the tissues of the plant which may be affected by this herbicide.
  • the technical problem of the present invention consists in obtaining an expression cassette in which the promoter is particularly suitable for the quantitative and qualitative expression of an EPSPS enzyme in transformed plants, said expression cassette then conferring effective tolerance on said plants, with respect to a herbicide which inhibits this enzyme, in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate.
  • Promoters which allow a high level of expression are generally promoters of highly expressed proteins.
  • promoters which are commonly used promoters satisfying these criteria, mention may be made, by way of example, of bacterial promoters, such as that of the octopine synthase gene or that of the nopaline synthase gene, viral promoters, such as that of the gene controlling transcription of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S or 19S RNAs ( Odell et al., 1985, Nature, 313, 810-812 ), or promoters of the cassava vein mosaic virus (as described in patent application WO 97/48819 ).
  • promoters of plant origin mention will be made of the promoter of the ribulose-biscarboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) small subunit gene, the promoter of a histone gene described in application EP 0 507 698 , or the promoter of a rice actin gene ( US 5,641,876 ).
  • RuBisCO ribulose-biscarboxylase/oxygenase
  • promoters are expressed specifically in the cells of certain tissues. Such promoters are generally promoters which regulate the expression of proteins involved in the function of a particular tissue or organ.
  • root-specific promoters such as, for example, that described in patent application WO 00/29594
  • flower-specific promoters such as those described in patent applications WO 98/22593 , WO 99/15679 or WO 99/43818
  • fruit-specific promoters in particular seed-specific promoters such as those described in patent applications WO 91/13993 , WO 92/17580 , WO 98/45460 , WO 98/45461 , or WO 99/16890 , are known.
  • the present invention relates to a novel expression cassette comprising, in the direction of transcription, optionally linked to one another, a promoter regulatory sequence which is functional in plant cells or plants, a nucleic acid sequence encoding 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) and a terminator sequence which is functional in plant cells or plants, characterized in that the promoter regulatory sequence comprises, in the direction of transcription, the nucleic acid sequence x, y, y, z, whereby x is represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, y is represented by SED ID NO: 2, and z is represented by SEQ ID NO:3.
  • EPSPS 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase
  • the expression “functionally linked to one another” means that said elements of the chimeric gene are linked to one another in such a way that their function is coordinated and allows expression of the coding sequence.
  • a promoter is functionally linked to a coding sequence when it is capable of ensuring expression of said coding sequence.
  • the construction of a chimeric gene according to the invention and the assembly of its various elements can be carried out using techniques well known to those skilled in the art, in particular those described in Sambrook et al. (1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Nolan C. ed., New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ).
  • the expression “functional in plant cells and plants” is intended to mean capable of functioning in plant cells and plants.
  • CsVMV promoter regulatory sequences are described in patent application WO 97/48819 , in particular the promoter regulatory sequence comprising one of the nucleotide sequences represented by one of the sequence identifiers SEQ ID Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 of patent application WO 97/48819 , more particularly the nucleic acid sequence represented by the sequence identifier SEQ ID NO 3 of patent application WO 97/48819 .
  • the promoter regulatory sequence is represented by SEQ ID NO 5 of the present application.
  • the present invention also relates to the sequences capable of hybridizing selectively with the nucleic acid sequences above, the sequences homologous to the sequences above, and the functional fragments of said sequences.
  • nucleic acid sequence is intended to mean a nucleotide or polynucleotide sequence which may be of the DNA or RNA type, preferably of the DNA type, in particular double-stranded.
  • the expression "sequence capable of hybridizing selectively” is intended to mean the sequences which hybridize with the sequences above at a level significantly greater than the background noise.
  • the background noise may be related to the hybridization of other DNA sequences present, in particular other cDNAs present in a cDNA library.
  • the level of the signal generated by the interaction between the sequence capable of hybridizing selectively and the sequences defined by the SEQ IDs above according to the invention is generally 10 times, preferably 100 times, more intense than that of the interaction of the other DNA sequences generating the background noise.
  • the level of interaction can be measured, for example, by labeling the probe with radioactive elements, such as 32 P.
  • hybridization is generally obtained using very stringent medium conditions (for example 0.03 M NaCl and 0.03 M sodium citrate at approximately 50°C-60°C).
  • very stringent medium conditions for example 0.03 M NaCl and 0.03 M sodium citrate at approximately 50°C-60°C.
  • the hybridization can of course be carried out according to the usual methods of the state of the art (in particular Sambrook & al., 1989, Molecular Cloning: A Labratory Manual ).
  • the term "homologue” is intended to mean a nucleic acid fragment exhibiting one or more sequence modifications relative to the nucleotide sequence encoding the fusion protein of the invention. These modifications may be obtained according to the usual mutation techniques, or else in choosing the synthetic oligonucleotides used in the preparation of said sequence by hybridization. With regard to the multiple combinations of nucleic acids which may lead to the expression of a same amino acid, the differences between the reference sequence according to the invention and the corresponding homologue may be considerable.
  • the degree of homology will be at least 70% relative to the reference sequence, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%. These modifications are generally and preferably neutral, i.e. they do not affect the primary sequence of the fusion protein.
  • fragments is intended to mean fragments of the DNA sequences according to the invention, i.e. the sequences above for which parts have been deleted but which conserve the function of said sequences.
  • EPSPS is intended to mean any native or mutated 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase enzyme, the enzymatic activity of which consists in synthesizing 5-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and 3-phosphoshikimate (E.C. 2.5.1.19; Morell et al., 1967, J. Biol. Chem. 242, 82-90 ).
  • said EPSPS enzyme may originate from any type of organism.
  • An EPSPS enzyme according to the invention also has the property of being tolerant with respect to herbicides of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular with respect to glyphosate.
  • Sequences encoding EPSPSs which are naturally tolerant, or are used as such, with respect to herbicides of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate, are known.
  • the sequence of the AroA gene of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium Comai et al., 1983, Science 221, 370-371
  • the sequence of the CP4 gene of the bacterium Agrobacterium sp. ( WO 92/04449 )
  • sequences of the genes encoding Petunia EPSPS Shah et al., 1986, Science 233, 478-481
  • Tomato EPSPS Gasser et al., 1988, J. Biol. Chem. 263,4280-4289
  • Eleusine EPSPS WO 01/66704
  • Sequences encoding EPSPSs made tolerant to glyphosate by mutation are also known.
  • a sequence of a gene encoding a mutated plant EPSPS which is preferred according to the invention is that encoding the maize EPSPS described in patent application EP 0837944 , comprising a first mutation replacing the threonine amino acid at position 102 with isoleucine, and a second mutation replacing the proline amino acid at position 106 with serine. Due to the strong sequence homology between EPSPSs, and more particularly between plant EPSPSs, a rice EPSPS carrying the same mutations have also been described in patent applications WO 00/66746 and WO 00/66747 .
  • any EPSPS, and the genes encoding them, carrying the threonine/isoleucine and proline/serine mutations described above, whatever the relative position of these amino acids with respect to positions 102 and 106 of maize EPSPS, can be used in the present invention.
  • those skilled in the art will be readily able to find the two amino acids to be mutated in any EPSPS sequence by using standard techniques of sequence alignment.
  • the nucleic acid sequence encoding an EPSPS included in the expression cassette is a sequence encoding an EPSPS which has been mutated at the amino acids corresponding to the threonine at position 102 and to the proline at position 106, said positions being relative with respect to the maize EPSPS sequence.
  • the nucleic acid sequence encoding an EPSPS included in the expression cassette is a sequence encoding a mutated EPSPS comprising an isoleucine at position 102 and a serine at position 106, said positions being relative with respect to the maize EPSPS sequence.
  • the nucleic acid sequence encoding an EPSPS included in the expression cassette is a sequence encoding maize mutated EPSPS comprising an isoleucine at position 102 and a serine at position 106.
  • the expression cassette according to the invention may also comprise a subcellular addressing sequence encoding a signal peptide or transit peptide.
  • a sequence located upstream or downstream of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the EPSPS, makes it possible to direct said EPSPS specifically into a cellular compartment of the host organism.
  • the expression cassette may comprise a sequence encoding a signal peptide or a transit peptide for directing the EPSPS to a particular compartment of the cytoplasm, such as the mitochondria, the plasts, the endoplasmic reticulum or the vacuoles.
  • the transit peptide may be a signal for chloroplastic or mitochondrial addressing, which is then cleaved in the chloroplasts or the mitochondria.
  • the transit peptides may be either single or double transit peptides.
  • the double transit peptides are optionally separated by an intermediate sequence, i.e. they comprise, in the direction of transcription, a sequence encoding a transit peptide of a plant gene encoding an enzyme which is located in plastids, a portion of sequence of the mature N-terminal portion of a plant gene encoding an enzyme which is located in plastids, and then a sequence encoding a second transit peptide of a plant gene encoding an enzyme which is located in plastids.
  • Such double transit peptides are, for example, described in patent application EP 0 508 909 .
  • the expression cassette may also comprise other regulatory sequences, which are located between the promoter and the coding sequence, such as transcription activators (enhancers), for instance the transcription activator of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) described in application WO 87/07644 , of the tobacco etch virus (TEV) described by Carrington & Freed, or of the figwort mosaic virus ( US 5 994 521 ), for example.
  • transcription activators for instance the transcription activator of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) described in application WO 87/07644 , of the tobacco etch virus (TEV) described by Carrington & Freed, or of the figwort mosaic virus ( US 5 994 521 ), for example.
  • the expression cassette according to the invention may also contain introns, in particular introns which promote gene expression in monocotyledon plants, such as intron 1 of the rice actin gene described in patent application WO 99/34005 , or the maize adh1 intron, or in dicotyledon plants, such as the Arabidopsis histone intron ( EP 0850311 ).
  • introns in particular introns which promote gene expression in monocotyledon plants, such as intron 1 of the rice actin gene described in patent application WO 99/34005 , or the maize adh1 intron, or in dicotyledon plants, such as the Arabidopsis histone intron ( EP 0850311 ).
  • the present invention also relates to a cloning an/or expression vector comprising an expression cassette according to the invention.
  • the vector according to the invention is of use for transforming a host organism, in particular a plant, and expressing therein an EPSPS.
  • This vector may be a plasmid, a cosmid, a bacteriophage or a virus.
  • the vector for transforming plant cells or plants according to the invention is a plasmid.
  • the main qualities of this vector should be an ability to maintain itself and to self-replicate in the cells of the host organism, in particular by virtue of the presence of an origin of replication, and to express therein an EPSPS.
  • the vector used in the present invention also contains, in addition to the expression cassette according to the invention, another expression cassette containing a selection marker.
  • This selection marker makes it possible to select the host organisms which have effectively been transformed, i.e. those which have incorporated the vector.
  • the host organism to be transformed is a plant.
  • markers containing genes resistant to antibiotics such as, for example, that of the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene ( Gritz et al., 1983, Gene 25:179-188 ), but also markers containing genes for tolerance to herbicides, such as the bar gene ( White et al., NAR 18:1062, 1990 ) for tolerance to bialaphos, the EPSPS gene ( EP 0837944 ) for tolerance to glyphosate or else the HPPD gene ( WO 96/38567 ) for tolerance to isoxazoles.
  • the bar gene White et al., NAR 18:1062, 1990
  • the EPSPS gene EP 0837944
  • HPPD gene WO 96/38567
  • selection marker genes are in particular described in patent applications WO 91/02071 , WO 95/06128 , WO 96/38567 , and WO 97/04103 .
  • the present invention also relates to plant cells transformed with a vector as described above.
  • the term "transformed plant cell” is intended to mean a plant cell which has incorporated into its genome the expression cassette according to the invention, and consequently produces an EPSPS.
  • those skilled in the art may use one of the many known methods of transformation.
  • One of these methods consists in bringing the plant cells to be transformed into contact with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and the vectors of the invention ( Chang and Cohen, 1979, Mol. Gen. Genet. 168(1), 111-115 ; Mercenier and Chassy, 1988, Biochimie 70(4), 503-517 ).
  • Electroporation is another method, which consists in subjecting the plant cells or tissues to be transformed and the vectors of the invention to an electric field ( Andreason and Evans, 1988, Biotechniques 6(7), 650-660 ; Shigekawa and Dower, 1989, Aust. J. Biotechnol. 3(1), 56-62 ).
  • Another method consists in directly injecting the vectors into the plant cells or the plant tissues by microinjection ( Gordon and Ruddle, 1985, Gene 33(2), 121-136 ).
  • the "biolistic” method may be used. It consists in bombarding plant cells or plant tissues with particles onto which the vectors of the invention are absorbed ( Bruce et al., 1989, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
  • the transformation of the plant cells will be carried out using bacteria of the genus Agrobacterium, preferably by infection of the cells or tissues of said plants with A. tumefaciens ( Knopf, 1979, Subcell. Biochem. 6, 143-173 ; Shaw et al., 1983, Gene 23(3):315-330 ) or A. rhizogenes ( Bevan and Chilton, 1982, Annu. Rev. Genet. 16:357-384 ; Tepfer and Casse-Delbart, 1987, Microbiol. Sci.
  • the transformation of plant cells with Agrobacterium tumefaciens is carried out according to the protocol described by Ishida et al. (1996, Nat. Biotechnol. 14(6), 745-750 ). Those skilled in the art will choose the appropriate method according to the nature of the plant cells to be transformed.
  • a subject of the present invention is a method for producing plants tolerant to EPSPS-inhibiting herbicides, in particular to herbicides of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate.
  • This method consists in regenerating transformed plants from the transformed plant cells described above.
  • the transformed plants according to the invention contain an expression cassette according to the invention in their genome and express an EPSPS in their tissues.
  • the present invention therefore comprises transformed plants comprising an expression cassette according to the invention, parts of these plants, and the descendants of these plants.
  • the expression "part of these plants” is intended to mean any organ of these plants, whether aerial or subterranean.
  • the aerial organs are the stems, the leaves and the flowers.
  • the subterranean organs are mainly the roots, but they may also be tubers.
  • the term “descendants” is intended to mean mainly the seeds containing the embryos derived from the reproduction of these plants with one another. By extension, the term “descendants” applies to all the seeds formed at each new generation derived from crosses between a plant and the plant transformed by the method according to the invention.
  • a subject of the present invention is therefore transformed plants into the genome of which there is integrated at least one expression cassette according to the invention in a stable manner.
  • the plants thus transformed are tolerant to EPSPS-inhibiting herbicides, in particular herbicides of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular to glyphosate.
  • the transformed plants according to the invention also include the transformed plants derived from growing and/or crossing the plants above, and also the seeds of such plants.
  • the transformed cells and plants according to the invention may comprise, in addition to an expression cassette according to the invention, at least one other expression cassette containing a polynucleotide encoding a protein of interest.
  • polynucleotides encoding a protein of interest mention may be made of polynucleotides encoding another enzyme for resistance to a herbicide, for example the polynucleotide encoding the bar enzyme ( White et al., NAR 18:1062, 1990 ) for tolerance to bialaphos, or the polynucleotide encoding the HPPD enzyme ( WO 96/38567 ; WO 99/24585 ; WO 99/24586 ) for tolerance to isoxazoles.
  • polynucleotides for resistance to diseases may also be contained in these plants, for example a polynucleotide encoding the oxalate oxydase enzyme as described in patent application EP 0 531 498 or US patent 5,866,778 , or a polynucleotide encoding an antibacterial and/or antifungal peptide such as those described in patent applications WO 97/30082 , WO 99/24594 , WO 99/02717 , WO 99/53053 , and WO 99/91089 .
  • SAT serine acetyltransferase
  • the additional expression cassettes may be integrated by means of the vector according to the invention.
  • the vector comprises the expression cassette according to the invention and at least one expression cassette encoding another protein of interest.
  • the plants according to the invention may also be obtained by crossing parents, one carrying the expression cassette according to the invention, the other carrying another expression cassette encoding at least one other protein of interest.
  • the transformed plants according to the invention may be monocotyledons or dicotyledons. Preferably, these plants are plants of agronomic interest.
  • the monocotyledon plants are wheat, maize or rice, advantageously, the dicotyledon plants are oilseed rape, soybean, tobacco or cotton.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for protecting crop plants with respect to EPSPS-inhibiting herbicides, in particular to herbicides of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular to glyphosate, characterized in that said plants are transformed with a vector comprising an expression cassette according to the invention.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for treating the plants according to the invention, characterized in that said plants are treated with EPSPS-inhibiting herbicide, in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate.
  • EPSPS-inhibiting herbicide in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for controlling weeds in crops, characterized in that transformed plants comprising an expression cassette according to the invention are grown, and in that said plants are treated with an EPSPS-inhibiting herbicide, in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycinse family, in particular glyphosate.
  • an EPSPS-inhibiting herbicide in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycinse family, in particular glyphosate.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for growing transformed plants comprising an expression cassette according to the invention, characterized in that it consists in planting seeds of said transformed plants in an area of a field suitable for growing said plants, in applying to said area of said field an agrochemical composition, without substantially affecting said transformed seeds or said transformed plants, then in harvesting the plants grown when they have reached the desired maturity and, optionally in separating the seeds from the harvested plants.
  • agrochemical composition is intended to mean any agrochemical composition comprising at least one active product having one of the following activities: herbicidal, fungicidal, bactericidal, virucidal or insecticidal.
  • the agrochemical composition comprises at least one active product having at least one herbicidal activity, more preferably an EPSPS-inhibiting herbicide, in particular a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, in particular glyphosate.
  • the plasmid pILTAB 357 provided by The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA, USA) contains the following elements in a pBIN 19 vector (Clontech):
  • CsVMV X Three regions have been defined in the CsVMV promoter sequence, called CsVMV X, CsVMV Y and CsVMV Z.
  • the X and Y regions are adjacent and the Y and Z regions are separated by the 2 bp sequence AT.
  • the cloning vector pRD 254 corresponds to the commercial vector pBlueScript II SK (-) (Clontech) which has undergone mutagenesis so as to replace the unique Sca I site contained in the ApR gene with a Pvu II site.
  • the 532 bp contained between the Hind III and Xba I sites of pILTAB 357 were cloned into the cloning vector pRD 254, so as to obtain the plasmid pRD 257.
  • the pSF29 cassette comprises the CsVMV promoter as described by the sequence identifier SEQ ID NO 4, the sequence encoding the optimized transit peptide (OTP) as defined in patent application EP 0508909 , the sequence encoding maize EPSPS comprising the mutations threonine102isoleucine and proline106serine as described in patent application EP 0837944 , and the nos terminator as described in Bevan et al. (1983, Nucleic Acids Res. 11(2), 369-385 ).
  • OTP optimized transit peptide
  • a shuttle plasmid is used to be recombined in the superbinary plasmid pTVK 291 (Jun et al., 1987). Recombination between the unique COS sites present on the two plasmids produces a single circular molecule corresponding to fusion of the two plasmids.
  • Recombination between pSF29 and the superbinary plasmid pTVK 291 was obtained by three-parent crossing with DH5 alpha [pSF29], C2110 [pTVK 291], and the JC2073 strain ("helper" strain).
  • the resulting plasmid is called pSFK29.
  • the strain obtained, C2110 [pSFK29] was selected on LB medium containing the 3 antibiotics gentamycin, kanamycin and nalidixic acid.
  • the nalidixic acid allows the selection of C2110 against DH5 alpha or JC2073; since C2110 contains a chromosomal resistance to nalidixic acid which cannot be transferred to the other strains during crossing.
  • pSF29 cannot replicate in C2110, unless it has been recombined with pTVK 291, since C2110 contains the origin of replication RK2 carried by pTVK 291, but not the origin of replication pBR 322 carried by pSF29.
  • the recombinant plasmid was then transferred into the Agrobacterium strain LBA 4404 via a second three-parent cross.
  • the resultant strain, LBA 4404 [pSFK29] was selected on AB medium (selective for Agrobacterium) containing kanamycin and gentamycin.
  • Example 4 Transformation of maize by Agrobacterium tumefaciens with a CsVMV-EPSPS expression cassette
  • Transformation of the maize Zea mays by Agrobacterium is carried out according to the method described in Ishida, Y. et al., (1996, Nature Biotechnology, 14, 745-750 ).
  • the disarmed Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain described in Example 3 is cocultured with immature maize embryos.
  • a selection with 0.88 mM glyphosate is applied to the embryos.
  • the transformation events obtained from the resistant calices are then back-crossed and their descendants are tested for glyphosate tolerance.
  • Example 5 Tests for glyphosate tolerance of the transformation events
  • a disparity in the number of tolerant plants for each event tested is due to the fact that these events are heterozygotes for the trait (the CsVMV-EPSPS expression cassette) and have one or more integration loci, and that some transformation events, by virtue of the position of insertion of the cassette, provide better expression of the EPSPS, and therefore better tolerance to glyphosate.

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  1. Cassette d'expression comprenant dans le sens de la transcription, liées entre elles de manière fonctionnelle, une séquence de régulation promotrice fonctionnelle dans les cellules végétales ou les plantes, une séquence d'acide nucléique codant pour une 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) et une séquence de régulation terminatrice fonctionnelle dans les cellules végétales ou les plantes, caractérisée en ce que la séquence de régulation promotrice comprend dans le sens de la transcription les séquences d'acides nucléiques X, Y, Y et Z où X est représentée par la SEQ ID NO : 1, Y est représentée par la SEQ ID NO : 2 et Z est représentée par la SEQ ID NO : 3.
  2. Cassette d'expression selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la séquence de régulation promotrice est représentée par la SEQ ID NO : 5.
  3. Cassette d'expression selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que la séquence d'acide nucléique codant pour une EPSPS est une séquence codant pour une EPSPS mutée au niveau des acides aminés correspondant à la thréonine en position 102 et à la proline en position 106, lesdites positions étant relatives par rapport à la séquence d'EPSPS de maïs.
  4. Cassette d'expression selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que la séquence d'acide nucléique codant pour une EPSPS est la séquence codant pour une EPSPS mutée comprenant une isoleucine en position 102 et une sérine en position 106, lesdites positions étant relatives par rapport à la séquence d'EPSPS de maïs.
  5. Cassette d'expression selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la séquence d'acide nucléique codant pour une EPSPS mutée est la séquence codant pour une EPSPS mutée de maïs comprenant une isoleucine en position 102 et une sérine en position 106.
  6. Cassette d'expression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend en plus un peptide de transit double comprenant, dans le sens de la transcription, une séquence codant pour un peptide de transit d'un gène végétal codant pour une enzyme à localisation plastidiale, une partie de séquence de la partie mature N-terminale d'un gène végétal codant pour une enzyme à localisation plastidiale, puis une séquence codant pour un second peptide de transit d'un gène végétal codant pour une enzyme à localisation plastidiale.
  7. Vecteur de clonage et/ou d'expression pour la transformation de cellules végétales ou de plantes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins une cassette d'expression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6.
  8. Cellule végétale transformée, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une cassette d'expression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6.
  9. Plante transformée, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une cassette d'expression selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6.
  10. Graine de plante transformée selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une cassette d'expression selon la revendication 6.
  11. Procédé de traitement de plantes selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'on traite lesdites plantes avec un herbicide inhibiteur de l'EPSPS.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que ledit herbicide inhibiteur de l'EPSPS est le glyphosate.
  13. Procédé de contrôle des plantes indésirables dans les cultures, caractérisé en ce que l'on cultive des plantes transformées selon la revendication 9, et que l'on traite lesdites plantes avec un herbicide inhibiteur de l'EPSPS.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que ledit herbicide inhibiteur de l'EPSPS est le glyphosate.
  15. Procédé de culture de plantes transformées selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à planter des graines desdites plantes transformées dans une surface d'un champ approprié pour la culture desdites plantes, à appliquer sur ladite surface dudit champ une composition agrochimique, sans affecter de manière substantielle lesdites graines ou lesdites plantes transformées, puis à récolter les plantes cultivées lorsqu'elles arrivent à la maturité souhaitée et éventuellement à séparer les graines des plantes récoltées.
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